................................. To leave Commie, hyper to http://commie.oy.com/commie_leaving.html ................................. The music video "Potsdam by Night" by DDR Rhythm will be shown @ "Stuttgart Filmwinter" next January. The video is a minimalistic, almost static series of atmospheric clips from imaginary East Germany. The footage was shot in Turku Student Village (http://www.tys.fi/kohteet/yokyla_eng.html), which is DDR in micro scale. The tune represents the older style of DDR Rhythm. Potsdam is one of those tunes based on Ebonite-A modules. Ebonite-A's original song is Tantric (http://www.tuug.fi/~f/studio/ebonite/mod/tantric.mod - 84 KB). Our version is in different mood (major instead of minor) and it has as kraftwerkian synth melody, which - funny but true - resembles a bit the theme song of the famous eighties tv series "Dallas". Potsdam also has a bit more stuff on the percussion tracks than Tantric has. The video was directed by Matleena J�nis and shot by Minna Parkkinen. Potsdam by Night is dedicated to the city of Potsdam (http://www.potsdam.de). ;) It's located in former DDR, near Berlin. I'll release Potsdam - the MP3 file - on Commie... in... some... near... future... I've had lots of problems with updating the Commie site here in Helsinki... :( Stuttgart Filmwinter programme: http://www.wand5.de/fiwi2000/anmeld2.htm ---> Jarmo Lundgren Multimediatsaari Helsingin Sanomat, Verkkoliite
